Cockatoo Island is a wonderful place to sketch due to the interesting history of the place and the marvellous views looking out. It is located in Sydney harbour and to get there you use the ferry or a water taxi.
Urban Sketchers visited Cockatoo Is. the day before New Year's Eve. Since the island gives a fantastic vantage point to the New Years fireworks, people were arriving in great numbers and setting up their own tents. The island also has its own glamour camping with beautiful tents already set up and ready to go. There are cafes and a bar or two which would have been busy because people weren't allowed to bring alcohol with them.
I did the above sketch at the back of the island and you can see some of the industrial buildings as well as the rocky cliff. Below is a quick sketch of a power/electrical box. Lots to sketch at Cockatoo so I look forward to another visit.
Quick, make a comment Chere before the internet closes down again! Lovely sketches Nancy - very sophisticated and complex - love them! I also love Cockatoo Island and would love to go there with you to sketch - sometime soon?
ReplyDeleteCheers, Chere